Dyment Island
  Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 74°8′S 102°2′W / 74.133°S 102.033°WCoordinates: 74°8′S 102°2′W / 74.133°S 102.033°W |
| Country | |
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None | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Dyment Island is a small island lying 9 kilometres (5 nmi) southwest of the McKinzie Islands in the inner-central part of Cranton Bay, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Donald I. Dyment, a U.S. Navy cook at Byrd Station, 1967.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Dyment Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
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